Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-09
AGRICULTURAL.
pevotsd to the Interests OF fa'hs'
and stockmsn.
.norrT N SMALL FARMS

An exchange says; A. tuc -
,aal;ng with subject which has oisen
u ueam treated upon. it is proposed y
oeea III s,tention 10 the proiit 10 DC
a ,oS IN small farms. Volumes
have been written upon me su ,;,,Ia
advantages TO be gained from n'
fsrm wei titled" but soflieho" -
The he effect does not seem 70 y
os,lus lasting or widespread. WHIST =
said il largely looked upon as oeins
the craze for securing large iarms SUI, a,
goes ON. No sooner does man -
one large tract paid for than ne -
for another. and he is always IN aeD'
to the money-lender in the ehois
obtain more land than he can nave
ary practical use for. This eSil Is seea
largely in those parts Oh thif ooas
where there is or has been any CON
siderable quantity OF Government lanu
omen for entry. Cases may frequently
he met where men have taken ianu
under the pre- emption, homestead anu
timber culture laws, and are thcn 80,
hunting around for mile or tNo u
desert land which they can enter.
There are any number OF farmers VINO
think that it is impossible for them 10
make bare living on anything iess
than 100 acres, and the idea has been
encouraged by those who ougn' 10
know better.
II il a fact susceptible OF the most
convincing proof that twenty acres o.
land almost anywhere on the facihc
Stone. properly handled, will support a
family in comfort and even com
petence. But the secret OF the matter
lies in those two words properly
handled" a.,
This paper has before this cited a
number of instances in support OF the
truth of this assertion, and in further.
ance of the idea that one case OF actua
demonstration is worth any quantity
: of theoriziug, number OF illustrations
in point have been collated.
The Tulare Times gives number o
: instances OF this sort in that section Q
California. Names and places OF resi-
dence are given with circumstantiality
| that there may be no chance for dis
puting the truth OF the statements, Du
these are not necessary here. For In
e stance, one farmer with three and
!, half acres of raisin grapes last yea
D realized $1,000. Besides this he ha'
! an orchard which paid him nearly a
n much more. A neighbor has five an.
e a half acres OF raisin grapes whlcl
s Welded 100 boxes of raisins, wort
a easily $500. Another has eight acre
8 OF four-year-old apricots and peache
e which yield an income now OF 500 a
e acre, and in two years will more tina
n double this. A resident of the tow
y of Visalia, who is working earpente
las an apairy as sort of pleasure r,
1t sort, and last year produced some 4OC
e pounds OF honey, which he sold at Il
r cents a pound, thus securing yer
E. acceptable addition to his income.
?. resident of Lemore has three and
r, half acres Of raisin grapes which la
IN year melted $1,000. A farmer in tt
ID same section who has little piece
lie land has net income Of $500 ye;
III from his poultry yard alone. In Il
e. vicinity OF Visalia is another farmer wi
n has lust two acres of strawberri
Is from which he melted this year s12O
r Still another farmer devotcs his emit
i'll ranch to the production of Irish pot
toes. He raises two crops yea
y, averaging sixty sacks to the acre, or
er total OF 10 sacks every year III
re average price for these is 81 sac
"a though in seasons like the present tn
he are selling for 81 Is. The net receiI
en- thus aggrega;ing large sum. A nj
ne seryman at Visalia has potatoes al
a watermeions planted between his TO
IN OF trees. He raises from fifty to ak
I'd sacks of potatoes to the acre, which s
he for Is cents to 81 Is sack. His wat,
lie. melon patch produces as high as So
er, to the acre.